Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate transactions continued to decline on a year-over-year basis in Mesa County in September. But the dollar volume of those deals increased, bolstered by the sales of expensive homes and commercial properties. Stewart Cruickshank, sales manager at Bray & Co. Real Estate based in Grand Junction, said a surge […]
In a commencement speech to his daughter’s graduating class at Connecticut College, Alan Alda noted a familiar trait of human behavior. “People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart,” the actor said. “Doorways, it seems, are where truth is […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Craig Hall has endured a succession of financial and personal challenges over his 24-year tenure as owner and publisher of the Business Times. The terrorist attacks in 2001, the financial crisis in 2008 and especially the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 affected advertising sales and revenue for the Grand Junction business […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times When Nathan Perry examines the statistical picture of the Mesa County economy, he sees slowing labor and real estate markets as well as what could be decreased consumer spending. While Mesa County was once isolated from the trends affecting the United States economy, that’s no longer the case. “The Mesa […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate retreated in Mesa County in August following three consecutive months of gains. The jobless rate also edged down in Grand Junction. The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate for Mesa County fell two-tenths of a point to 4.4 percent. The unemployment rate slipped a tenth of a point to […]
As both the editor of a business journal and something of a grammar curmudgeon, I loathe the ways in which the elegant language of Shakespeare is abused. Confusion over there, their and they’re. Subject-verb disagreement. Incorrect capitalization. The use of literally rather than figuratively. Don’t even get me started on Oxford commas. I loathe them, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Chris Bonds held in a gloved hand the end result of a long process of freezing and sawing. The cube sparkled under the fluorescent lights like a diamond. A very big diamond. Bonds eyed the cube through his safety goggles and smiled. It was just the right size and flawlessly […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Randy Roman brings to his chiropractic practice the same exuberance he exhibited when he opened his Grand Junction office nearly 25 years ago. In that intervening span, Roman Family Chiropractic moved from a cramped space on Seventh Street to a spacious facility on Patterson Road. Staffing increased from Roman and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity constituted something of a mixed bag in August with an increase in transactions, but a decrease in combined dollar volume. Residential sales declined as the inventory of homes continued to trend upward. Stewart Cruickshank, sales manager at Bray & Co. Real Estate based in Grand Junction, said […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mandy DeCino knows what it’s like for entrepreneurs starting out and not knowing what they don’t know about launching businesses. That’s because she’s been in that same place. “You jump,” DeCino says. “You leap before you really know what’s there.” There’s an alternative, though. One DeCino says she’s committed to […]